Garter grip



Nov. '11, 1930. s. BoRGNls 1,781,431

GARTER GRI P Filed May 2l, 1930 l l Ogg forming a part of thisapplication, in

Patented Nov. 11, 1930 SAMSON BORG-NIS, 0F OLNEY, PENNSYLVANIA GARTERGrRILD Application filed May 21,

My invention relates to new and useful iinprovements in a garter gripand has for one of its objects to improve the structure shown anddescribed in my prior Patent No. 1,586,- 401, dated May 25, 1926.

Another object of the invention is to provide a socket member of agarter grip having an unique construction whereby it may be readilyremoved from the stud member of the grip when it is desired to separatethem.

Another object of the invention is to pro- `vide a socket member havinga garter grip including a housing open from end to end and so fashionedas to provide a recess for the resilient clip or clamp of peculiararrangement.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a novel means forclamping the stud member to the garter pad whereby the hole or holesformed by the fastening means will be covered at all times.

lilith these ends in View, this invention consiste in the details ofconstruction and co1nbination of elements hereinafter set forth and thenspecifically designated by the claims.

ln order that those skilled inthe art to which this invention appertainsmay understand how to make and use the same, l will describe itsconstruction in detail, referring by numerals to the accompanyingdrawings which ll ig. 1 is a front elevation of a garter illustrating myimproved garter grip applied hereto.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged plan view of the soc-liet member of the grip.

Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 4.

Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a plan view of the stud member prior to the plate being bentinto shape.

Fig. 6 is an edge view of the stud member after being fashioned readyfor attachment to a garter with a portion of the plate broken away andshown in section.

In carrying out my invention as herein em bodied, 10 represents a garterof any well Vknown or desired construction including a pad 11 providedwith the usual clasp l2 roi' o attachment to a hose and a strap 13usually reto. serial 110.454,21@-

of elastic material with its fore-`endlooped and provided with anattaching buckle 14, the latter being used for adjusting the size of thegarter. i i i f ff Tofthe` pad V11 is secured a stud member 15 of myimproved garter `grip by `means of prongs 16 which are formed asintegralfparts of the plate 17 and have barbs 18 produced by partiallysevering sections ofmetal from the prongs and bending them outwardlasshowninlligd` j `The prongs 16 arebent back under the plate and thenoutward or downward as shown in Fig. (iso that the working parts of theprongs underlie the plate andare spaced :some distance from the rearedge thereof.

In factual practice,` these prongs areprojected through the pad 11 orthe `facingelement thereof and then bentupitowardithe under side of theplatein order to clampsaid stud element on the pad. By this arrange.-Inent, the holes formed in the pad or facing element thereof willunderlie the plate 17 and therefore if-the material `is stretchedsoaslto open vthe holes, they will still be invisible. The'` stud 19 hasa reduced neck 20 and is also provided with ashank 21 which is projectedthrough the plate and headed forriveting the studto the plate. j

TA socket member 22 is attached to the fore looped end of the strap 13by threading said strap through the slot 23 in the plate 24, said platehaving an aperture 25` therethrough. This plate carries a housing 26which surrounds the aperture 25 and spaced from the edgethereof so as toform the inner end wall of the housing while `the outer end of saidhousing is providedwith an aperture 27 approximatelycorresponding insizeto the aperture 25. A i

`Within the housing `is located the resilient clip or clamp 28`formedffrom a section of suitable gage spring `wire and fashioned t0provide a bow 29 from which project the legs 30 and 31, the formerterminating in an arcuate section 32 and the terminal of the latter liesadjacent the terminal of the leg 31. The legs 30 and 31 diverge from thebow 29 as shown in Fig. 3 so that at the end of the clamp opposite thebow 29, said legs are separated Ywhen the stud membervis in use.- e -l'ntestimony whereofflhave hereu to af- `fixed my signature.'

further apart thanadjacent the bow and being free may be readilydisengaged from the stud member by a simple tilting of the socket memberso that the open end of the clamp first rides over the head ofthe stud.

In practice, the socket member is placed over the stud until theaperture 25 registers with said stud and then by Vpressing the twotogether the resilient clamp will be forcedv over the stud through theseparation of the legs of said clamp, but las soon as the socket memberhas reached a certain position, the

legs ofthe clamp will contract or enterthe neck 20 and thereafterprevent accidental displacement ofthe socket 'member from the studmember,v

Of course I do not wish to be limited to the exact details ofconstruction las herein shown,

as these may be varied within the' limitsvof l thelappended claimswithout departing from the spirit of my invention. f

Having thus fully described invention,

lwhat VI claim as new and useful is v1. A v garter gripcomprisingstudandsocket members, said'stud memberincluding a-plate, prongs projectingfrom said plate and underlying the bodyl thereof, barbsfprojectingfromsaidprOngs and a stud riveted y to said plate, and said socket memberinc1u`dl ing an aperturedplate, a housing mounted on said plate andsurroundingthe aperture therein, said housingv having an aperture in Yitsouter Vengland rajspring clamp withinsaid housingvformed'from a pieceof. wire fashionedto produce a -bowdiverging; legs pro- V.jectingfromsaid bow and one of'said'legs having an arcuateterminal. v

r2. A, garter grip: comprising a Y stud vnir-rnber. and,A afsocrketmembenthe llatter includ-i inga plate, a housing thereon, said housingVYand plate having aligned apertures therein` i -andfaspringclampfmounted within said" housing Vvand includingVabo-vv,'diverging legs projecting from said bow andan arcuate portionformedwith the 'endof one ofvsaid legs.

. 3. A garter kgrip, comprising stud 'and socketrnembels, Saidstudmember including aplate, a stud carried by said plate,prongs formedintegral with the plate and bentback y upon-said plate'v and thenoutward'whjereby said `prongs underlie V'the plate a distancefrom'theedges thereof, and'barbs carried lby the prongs and projectingfrom the faces of e said prongs-which are bent toward the plate

